IN AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE (1) ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT INVENTION, A LONGITUDINAL-DIRECTION COMPRESSION GROOVE (14A, 15A) IS FORMED ALONG A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION L OF THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE BY A COMPRESSION PROCESS PERFORMED FROM THE TOPSHEET (12) SIDE, A WIDTH-DIRECTION COMPRESSION GROOVES (14B,15B) ARE FORMED ALONG A WIDTH DIRECTION W OF THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE BY A COMPRESSION PROCESS PERFORMED FROM THE TOPSHEET SIDE, WHEREIN THE LONGITUDINAL-DIRECTION COMPRESSION GROOVE INCLUDES A HIGH COMPRESSION REGION (21) , A MEDIUM COMPRESSION REGION (22), AND A LOW COMPRESSION REGION (23) AND THE WIDTH DIRECTION COMPRESSION GROOVE 14B INCLUDES THE HIGH COMPRESSION REGION AND THE MEDIUM COMPRESSION REGION, AND THE LOW COMPRESSION REGION IS DISPOSED OVER THE LONGITUDINAL-DIRECTION COMPRESSION GROOVE IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION W. (FIG 1)
